Quality Assurance (QA)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 30 | 25 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -5 | +3 |
| Contract jobs citing QA | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham | - | 3.11% | 3.23% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 18.18% | 27.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £293 | £336 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £338 | £361 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £463 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +2.78% | -35.71% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £609 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £671 | £605 |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £459 | £688 | £275 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.27% | +150.00% | -15.38% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cheltenham
QA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Cheltenham.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 4 | 33 | 18 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 6.90% | 17.10% | 11.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £314 | £323 | £184 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £444 | £347 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £448 | £575 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.17% | +15.00% | -22.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £545 | £691 | £644 |
| 90th Percentile | £593 | £723 | £705 |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £500 | £673 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.65% | +68.13% | +6.67% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Cheltenham.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Cheltenham.